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063 Willemien van Gogh to Vincent and Theo van Gogh. Welwyn, Sunday, 19 December 1875.

metadata
No. 063 (Brieven 1990 062, Complete Letters -)
From: Willemien van Gogh
To: Vincent van Gogh
Date: Welwyn, Sunday, 19 December 1875

Source status
Original manuscript

Location
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, inv. no. b2381 V/1982

Date
Letter headed: ‘Ivy - Cottage / Welwyn 19 Dec. 1875.’

Additional
Willemien, who was 13 years old at the time, wrote in an unpractised hand and made several peculiar mistakes.

Ongoing topic
Theo’s leg injury (60)

original text
 1r:1
Ivy-Cottage
Welwyn1 19 Dec. 1875.

Beste Vincent en Theo,2
Hartelijk bedank ik julie voor je laatste brieven waar wij erg blij meê waren.
Wat zal ’t heerlijk t’huis zijn met Kerstmis. ’t Is hier erg koud geweest maar nu is ’t erg zacht. Theo wat was dat naar van je been, is ’t nu heelemaal beter? Wij  1v:2 gaan denkelijk eenen kerstboom hebben. Donderdag begint onze vacantie. En nu, dag beste Vincent en Theo, een erg prettige Kerstmis wordt julie toegewenscht doo[r]

Je je liefh. zusje
Wil.

P.S. Ik bedank je wel voor wat je gestuurd heb, ik was er erg blij meê.

translation
 1r:1
Ivy-Cottage
Welwyn,1 19 Dec. 1875.

Dear Vincent and Theo,2
My heartfelt thanks to you both for your last letters, which we were very glad to receive.
How wonderful it will be at home at Christmas. It’s been very cold here, but now it’s very mild. Theo, how awful about your leg, is it now completely better? We’ll  1v:2 probably have a Christmas tree. Our holiday begins on Thursday. And now, goodbye dear Vincent and Theo, I wish you both a very merry Christmas.

Yours, your loving sister
Wil.

P.S. I thank you for what you sent, I was very glad to get it.
notes
1. Willemien was staying with Anna.
2. Vincent and Theo spent Christmas with their parents in Etten. Vincent arrived on Thursday, 23 or Friday, 24 December and left for Paris on Monday, 3 January 1876 (FR b2382 and b2225).